Thilo Wagner
piano
Vita
Germany
Breakneck runs, expressive ballads, powerfully grooving blues quotations: Thilo Wagner cultivates a powerfully swinging piano style in the tradition of Erroll Garner and Oscar Peterson. When he was only 18 he founded his first trio. He has toured Europe, the United States, Canada, and South America, appeared with countless jazz greats,took the soloist prize at the 1988 Jazz Festival in Vienne, France, and is an honorary citizen of New Orleans.